Reading Wednesday, November 08, 2006

If Gloria Steinem had had a crystal ball and flashed forward to a 2005 filled with catfights and women scheming to trap men, snag the coveted horrific "Mrs.," get cosmetic procedures to look like Playmate bombshells and dress, as Dave Chappelle say, like "whores," would the sister have even bothered to lead that bonfire of the bras?

I think not.

Whether or not American feminism will be defeated by American conservatism, it is incontrovertibly true that American feminism was trumped by American narcissism.